Okoye: Okoye (Danai Gurira) took responsibility for the safety of Wakanda in the five years while TChalla was gone. It's not because you're getting a flying suit and sweet new facial hair it's because how you use computers is going to completely change. So Tony is silent while Tom Holland's Peter Parker clings to him, while Don Cheadle's War Machine stands beside him, while Gwyneth Paltrow's Pepper Potts (shielded in the Rescue armor he built her) comforts him with the promise that she and their daughter will be okay. Once the final Incursion has happened and the end has arrived, Tony detects an intruder in his high-tech base. However, Loverd thinks the everyday real-life consumer has the most to gain from these developments, and he says history proves him right. Despite the initial shock, few fans thought they were actually gone for good. ", "To me," Loverd said, "that starting point of the character who inspires you or the technology that gets you thinking, that doesn't exist but maybe it could I think that's the greatest role that Hollywood can play in pushing us forward into the future. [59] Watts noted that after Stark's actions in Civil War, introducing Parker to life as an Avenger, there are "a lot of repercussions to that. But, coming back as a disembodied evil AI sounds pretty fun. 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Jackson) appears later at Tony Starks funeral. In an alternate 2018, Stark is infected with a quantum virus and is turned into a zombie along with the Avengers in San Francisco. Its unclear if Bruce can or would return to his human form, but we see him at Tony Starks funeral, arm in a sling after suffering an injury from using the Infinity Stones, still in his half-Hulk-half-human form. "[44] About the character's evolution from previous films, Downey said, "In Iron Man, which was an origin story, he was his own epiphany and redemption of sorts. Seven months after the invasion, Happy Hogan is badly injured in one of a string of bombings by a terrorist known only as the Mandarin, Stark issues a televised threat to him, who destroys Stark's Malibu home with helicopter gunships. Next: The Hulk One-Ups Galactus As Marvel's Weirdest Cosmic Character. All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers. [78] Another difference in the films is the romance between Stark and Pepper Potts. On screen and off, Downey showed the world redemption through the lens of fantasy. Liam joined Screen Rant as an editor in 2019 and was promoted to lead writer in 2021. [31], Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige on Stark revealing his alter-ego, Downey had an office next to Favreau during pre-production, which allowed him greater involvement in the screenwriting process,[32] especially adding humor to the film. New York, Rhodes dons Stark's Mark II prototype armor and tries to restrain him. facility, Fury activates the Avengers Initiative and Agent Phil Coulson visits Stark to have him review the research of Erik Selvig on the Tesseract. Stark discovers a hidden message from his father, a diagram of the structure of a new element, which Stark synthesizes. Stark is initially depicted as an industrialist, genius inventor, and playboy who is CEO of Stark Industries. "It's down to Kevin [Feige] and Ike [Perlmutter, CEO of Marvel Entertainment] and Disney to come to us with what the proposal is, and thats on us to agree or disagree," Downey said. To help with animating the more refined suits, information was sometimes captured by having Downey wear only the helmet, sleeves and chest of the costume over a motion capture suit. When it came time for Tony Stark's goodbye, Downey was the one who decided he shouldn't say anything at all. Avengers: Endgame marked the last appearance of actor Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man and Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America. In the meantime, Reed Richards (aka Mr. While the team fights outside, Stark enters the lab and finds the scepter, along with Chitauri ships from the Battle of New York under construction. In the Ultimate Comics, Stark and Parker do not go past the normal trainer-trainee relationship. The current Marvel Universe is a copy of the original reality - remade with painstaking detail, but remade nonetheless, with both the Captain America and the Iron Man of this new, eighth iteration of reality unknowing recreations of Marvel's original heroes. Tony Stark seems to always find a way to bounce back, but after Iron Man goes viral for his most recent drinking antics, losing his fortune, and watching a new villain take over everything he has built with Stark Industries, it won't be easy for Tony to do so once again as his whole world is crashing down at once. Stark and Rhodes together defeat Vanko and his drones. He still may play a role in future Guardians movies. On making a third Iron Man film, Downey said, "My sense of it is that we need to leave it all on the fieldwhatever that means in the end. She and Hawkeye later reminisce about Black Widow and Vision during Tonys funeral. [61], Downey reprised the role in Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). "And I am Iron Man," said Stark, revealing that he'd used his attack to snatch the Infinity Stones away. Thor returns to help activate the body, explaining that the gem on its brow was part of his vision. Peggy Carter: Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) died in Captain America: Civil War before Thanos ever snapped his fingers in Infinity War. The Marvel movies in particular have been the staging ground for a number of cutting-edge technologies. agents over custody of Loki and the Tesseract, Lang, using his Ant-Man suit, shrinks down and enters into 2012-Stark's chest arc reactor, pulling a plug that gives him a cardiac dysrhythmia. However, Thanos travels from 2014 to the future 2023, to be exact with Gamora to stop the Avengers from executing their plan. "[48] Screenwriter Drew Pearce compared Stark in Iron Man 3 to an American James Bond for both being "heroes with a sense of danger to them, and unpredictability" even if Stark was a "free agent" instead of an authority figure like Bond. Stark dons his Mark V armor and defeats Vanko, but the suit is severely damaged. "I'm a firm believer that the advancement that we are able to make are ultimately worth that potential dark side," he said. A brilliant and unique child prodigy, Stark attended MIT for two years starting at age 14, and graduated summa cum laude at 17. I mean, we saw the guy's gravestone. The next day, at a press conference, Stark publicly admits to being "Iron Man.". Stark dies on the operating table after grappling with a group of high-tech assassins known as the Masters of Silence . So, is the Tony Stark who died some kind of alternate-universe copy? [67], Tony Stark has worn multiple different armors in his MCU appearances. At a New Year's Eve party for the new millennium, he attended a conference in Bern where he met scientists Maya Hansen, inventor of the Extremis experimental regenerative treatment, and Aldrich Killian, rejecting an offer to work for Killian's Advanced Idea Mechanics.[b]. Parker eventually foils Beck's plots and retakes the glasses, and he designs his own Spider-Man suit using technology from Stark Industries, in a similar manner to Stark designing his first Iron Man armor. Beck, leading a team of other ex-Stark Industries employees such as William Ginter Riva, and angered at being fired by Stark, seeks to fill the vacancy left by Stark as Iron Man by using the software he developed for Stark, B.A.R.F., to augment illusions of creatures known as the Elementals, presenting himself as a hero known as Mysterio in "defeating" them. Captain America was the character many fans expected to have a heroic death in Avengers: Endgame. 2012-Thor uses Mjolnir to restart the reactor, saving 2012-Stark's life. That's what John Underkoffler hopes, anyway. Initially the chief weapons manufacturer for the U.S. military, he has a change of heart and redirects his technical knowledge into the creation of mechanized suits of armor which he uses to defend against those that would threaten peace around the world. It's a final gesture meant to reassure Steve that Tony hasn't become the enemy, but it backfires when Iron Man overplays his hand and Captain Universe calls him out, telling Captain America that there was never any hope to stop the Incursions and, what's more, Tony knew it all along. In a discussion about who will be aboard the rafts, Captain America vetoes their selection of Tony Stark. "[60] Co-writer Jonathan Goldstein compared Stark to Ethan Hawke's father character in Boyhood (2014). As the name of the story attests, time ran out, and though a group of villains led by Thanos actually took over the duty of repelling other Earths, the Illuminati became despised figures - the men who had not only failed to save the Earth but kept the danger a secret where others might have tried. Still, it's sadly undeniable that Captain America and Iron Man didn't kill each other in some imaginary tale or possible future, but at the true, canonical end of the original Marvel Universe. [45] At the climax of the film, Stark guides a nuclear missile through an interstellar portal to destroy the main alien vessel, demonstrating a willingness to sacrifice his life to save the Earth. Magazines, We Ranked Every Single Marvel Cinematic Universe Movie, Or create a free account to access more articles, Here's Who Lives, Dies and Comes Back to Life in. Underkoffler's goal for Mezzanine is to bring computing into space. Tony was visi Something went wrong. Iron Man is watching his life fall apart before his eyes, as going viral is the least of his worries. Science fiction, as Thor's Jane Foster says, has a way of becoming science fact. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. However, Stark rejoins the Avengers on a final mission to undo Thanos' actions. We'll have to wait and see if RDJ is nominated, or just loved 3000 forever by loyal fans. Last month Underkoffler won the Cooper-Hewitt National Design award for interaction design. "The ability for media to get the next generation of scientists excited about cracking these technologies and bringing them to us and making them real, that's a really powerful force," Loverd told Mic in a phone interview. War Machine/James Rhodes: We get our last shot of War Machine (Don Cheadle) at Tonys funeral. When the Ten Rings attack the workshop, Yinsen sacrifices himself to divert them while the suit is completed. [75], The origin story of Iron Man has been updated for the films. and found on Twitter at @LiamRMcGuire. Robert Downey Jr. portrays Tony Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Iron Man (2008),[15] Iron Man 2 (2010),[16] The Avengers (2012),[17] Iron Man 3 (2013),[18] Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015),[19] Captain America: Civil War (2016),[20] Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017),[21] Avengers: Infinity War (2018),[19] and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Let me explain. But it wasn't clear how their stories would end, or even if they would end. It also means that Steve Rogers was married to Peggy all along in a time travel loop though time travel loops confusingly dont exist in the rest of the movie. In that timeline, Loki steals the Tesseract and escapes with it. After the funeral, shes left to raise their daughter alone. [20] In addition, Downey makes an uncredited cameo appearance in The Incredible Hulk (2008). As those he loved most gathered at his side, the arc reactor in his chest dimmed and went out. After hiding at Clint Barton's house, Nick Fury arrives and encourages Stark and the others to form a plan to stop Ultron, who is discovered to have forced the team's friend Dr. Helen Cho to perfect a new body for him. We see her parents, Janet (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Hank (Michael Douglas), returned to life at Tony Starks funeral. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). Tony Stark is dying; Loki is sad; Summary. For the last few months of Tony Stark's life, things are going downhill at such a breakneck pace that all Loki can think of is the impending crash that is bound to tear them apart and turn Loki's world upside down. The Reddit user writes, "In some of the last scenes of Endgame after Tony's death, we saw Morgan and Pepper at their home watching a hologram of Tony projected from Mark LXXXV's helmet which he made before his death. Alternate versions of Stark from within the MCU multiverse appear in the animated series What If? Warning: This post contains spoilers for Avengers: Endgame. Later, after Tony Starks funeral, we see Peter return to school and wave to his friend Ned. Well, at least not in the way you'd expect. What If Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark? Stark is one of the central figures of the MCU, having appeared in eleven films as of 2022. "[35] The revelation at the end of Iron Man of Stark's alter ego was improvised by Stark's actor Robert Downey Jr.[36][37][38][39], For the first film, Favreau and Downey had been handed an existing script and worked from it. Downey has never shied away from his history. After successfully freeing Strange and killing Maw, the trio proceed to Thanos home planet Titan, where they meet members of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Killian intends to kill Ellis on an oil platform on live television. Stark and Yinsen secretly build a small, powerful electric generator called an arc reactor to power Stark's electromagnet and a suit of powered armor. After the fight, Bucky (Sebastian Stan) and Sam watch as Steve Rogers travels back in time to return the Infinity Stones to previous moments in time. Next:Marvel's New IRON MAN 2020 Gets His Own Launch Trailer. That room is from a very specific film, though it's not a Marvel property: Minority Report, 2002's future-set thriller starring Tom Cruise. "That's something you can see throughout the history of storytelling.". So where did the journey of Robert Downey Jr.'s "genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist" finally take him? Well, while it's not really referenced in Hickman'sAvengersrun, this Tony Stark istechnically still inverted from the events ofAxis, which brought his worst characteristics to the fore. Upon decimating Thanos and his army in 2023, Tony succumbed to his injuries sustained from using the Stones, causing him to pass away at the age of 53. While Tony's sacrifice was tragic, there was no doubt that he lived a full life considering how much he accomplished by the time he reached 50-years-old. Hulk uses them to bring back everyone who disappeared half a decade prior just as Thanos jumps forward in time himself and attacks Avengers headquarters. While it may not be owned by Tony Stark himself, the state-of-the-art yet modest abode is actually owned by phenomenal singer Alicia Keys with hubby Swizz Beats for $20.8 million. 2014 Nebula: When Nebula (Karen Gillan) and War Machine (Don Cheadle) travel from 2023 to 2014 to retrieve the power stone, 2023 Nebula accidentally sends a message to her 2014 self revealing their mission. Favreau was also attracted to Downey from his performance in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), with Downey frequently conversing with that film's director, Shane Black, about the script and dialogue in Iron Man. MCU fans saw Tony Stark die in Avengers: Endgame, but Iron Man's death was much sadder in the comics, because it was Captain America who killed him. Captain America and Iron Man to deadly blows, Marvel's Illuminati Reportedly In Development For MCU. Answer (1 of 5): Well its not possible the way and the magnitude they should in Movies and Comics, But its still a possibility Einstein said of the equation of E=MCsquare If you imagine of converting the just one gram of matter into any transformable form of [76] Jarvis, in the comics, is the family butler, while in the films J.A.R.V.I.S. Rogers, Romanoff, and Barton find Ultron and retrieve the synthetic body, but Ultron captures Romanoff. Stark escapes in an Iron Man suit and crashes in rural Tennessee. 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